General noncompliance with the privacy, security, and transaction regulations result in in $100 fine per violation, up to $25,000 per violation for identical violations in a calendar year. Specific to the Privacy Rule , a $50,000 fine and imprisonment for one year for intentional disclosures.
The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
Cuba opened a designated embassy in Washington, and the US reopened its embassy in Havana, for the first time in over five decades on Monday. The move marked the latest step in the thawing of the relationship between the island nation and the US, which soured during the cold war. It was also announced that the US secretary of state, John Kerry, would travel to Havana in August to raise the flag over the US mission.